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The Evolution Of The Gilgamesh Epic

by: Jeffrey H. Tigay

Publication date: 1982

Topics: Mesopotamia, Ancient History, History, Epic, Literature

Collection: opensource

Language: English

Special Features- Aims to show how The Gilgamesh Epic developed from its earliest to its latest form- Systematic, step-by-step tracking of the stylistic, thematic, structural, and theological changes in The Gilgamesh Epic- Relation of changes to factors (geographical, political, religious, literary) that may have prompted them- Attempts to identify the sources (biographical, historical, literary, folkloric) of the epic's themes, and to suggest what may have been intended by use of these themes- Extensive bibliography- Indices